Improved paper clasp



JAMES C. ARMS, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS;

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that LIJiAMnS G. ARMS, of Northamptomin the county ofHampshire, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain 4new anduseful Improvements in the Putting Up and Securing Tape, Ribbons, Svc.;and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference beng'had to the-accompanyingdrawings,making part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon,

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'To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention,I will proceed to describe it.

My invention consists in a novel construction and method of applyingslides to rolls of tape, ribbons, duc., for the purpose ot'securing theloose end, and'at the same time-permitting the tape or ribbon to bedrawn oi` for use, as desired, without removing the slide.

VH.Figure liis an edge view of a roll, showing the manneroi applying thestrip ofpaper that is to form-the slide.

Figure 2 is a vertical s ection, taken on the lin'e x a: ofig. l, and IFigure 3 is a perspective-view of the slide applied, and the mannerofusing the-same.

In constructing niy improved slide, I first provide a sheet of sti`paper or pasteboard, and print orstamp on one side anyiigureor designthat may he desired, and thencut'the same into strips of about the widthof ordinary tape, and about three times as long as. the tape or ribbonto which yit is to be applied is wide. The

strip thus formed has one side g'umlmed for about one-third of itslength, more or less, as represented by .the coloredpart, d, in fig..1.This gummed strip is placed transversely across thev roll A, afterwhichthe tape or ribbon, as the Vcase may be, is Wound twice around theroll, and over the strip B; or, after'the roll is completed,

' two thicknesses ni' the tape or ribbon may be raised,.and the strip Bbe thrust through the opening, after which,

the end, c, fig.' 1, is doubled or bent down over the two outerthicknesses, and the gnmmed end d being. moistened, is then bent downover'the end, c, to which it adheres, thus forming a slide, as'representedby B in iig. 3.

When thus arranged, it will be seen that the slide B will secure theloose end,f, and prevent the roll from becoming accidentally unwound,and at the Sametime, by taking hold ofthe edges of the slide with thethumb and snger, as represented in fig. 3, the loose end f canA be drawnout to any required length, thus-unwinding the roll, as desired, 'foruse. lThe portion wanted for use being cut oii', leaves the end securedas before, and ready for use again whenever required.

In practice, I apply the strips when the rolls arebeing wound, there'being a dozen rolls wound side by side at one'` operation. In'thiscase, the strip, B, is placed across cach roll, the rolls then given twoturns, which completes'thc winding, and secures the strips in place,when the gummed ends are moistencd and lapped, as above described.Inthis way, lthe slides are very cheaply and expeditiously made andapplied,^and a very neat and useful article is produced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

The paper slide B, constructed and applied to rolls of tape', ribbon,duc., substantially as described.

' JAMES c. ARMs.

Witnesses:

Enos PARSONS, TIMOTHY B. I-IUTcuINs.

